Wednesday, November 23, 2005
There Is Hope For The Air Quality In Southern California
If these guys can do this:
Don't laugh, if the air here moved at all we'd have the cleanest air in the nation -- we already do on a per capita basis.
The sun has stopped shining in Rattenberg. But with the aid of a few mirrors, the winter darkness that grips this small town could soon be brightened up with pockets of sunshine.All we have to do, is put a bunch of really big fans on the ridgelines atop the mountains surrounding the basin, then...
That's because sun is plentiful less than 10 minutes' walk from the town and from Rat Mountain, the 3,000-foot hill that blocks its sunlight between November and February each year.
The solution: 30 heliostats, essentially rotating mirrors, mounted on a hillside to grab sunshine off reflectors from the neighboring village of Kramsach.
Don't laugh, if the air here moved at all we'd have the cleanest air in the nation -- we already do on a per capita basis.
